Portrait lens for E-P3

Please give this novice some advice re a portrait lens purchase: I'm attracted to the PL 45, but there are so many glowing reviews re the new Oly 45mm, that I can't help thinking this might be a better buy (& cheaper - half the price!) Are the optics that much better on the PL? I'm learning the art, by the way, but using DOF to create good portraits is blowing me away, so any lens is going to be a good investment.

You probably know this already, but legacy 'portrait' lenses abound and are cheap. Any standard 50mm lens for 35mm can be adapted to m43 and makes an excellent portrait lens. You'd have to focus it manually, but it's the cheapest way to go and the quality can be outstanding.

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